Cross is a brilliant and very visual moving ink effect. At first I had doubts about this effect because it sounded too impossible. No magnets, threads, chemicals or flaps just sounded too good to be true for such a visual effect. I was pleasantly surprised that this really is as good as it looks.
Your recieve two gimmicks in the DVD (in a really nice wallet). One blue and one red, both in Bicycle. The blue gimmick is perfect and looks incredible. The red one however is a little more visible which makes it bad for performing with. It would be best to use the red gimmick for either practice with or dissect it so you can create your own one in blue using the materials. The gimmick however is genius and will last forever with due care. I was playing with it right out of the box and still didn't know how it works. Very, very cool.
The DVD is very short and has silent teaching with subtitles. However this wasn't a huge problem because the routine is dead simple to execute. The routine taught is great because you only need to add one card into the deck to perform this miracle. In my opinion, the card doesn't need to be signed by the spectator as the effect is strong enough as it its. However, that is totally an option.
Overall, I am already using this. I am in love with this effect because it is simple, easy to do and so much fun to perform. The visuals are crazy. A little idea I came up with was after moving the ink the second time, instead of transferring the ink to my finger, I take the Sharpie and tap the cross making it vanish and explain the ink goes back into the pen (reminiscent of David Williamson's Striking Vanish). This is a great effect you will not be disappointed with. 9/10
Product information:
http://www.murphysmagic.com/Product.aspx?id=54799
Your recieve two gimmicks in the DVD (in a really nice wallet). One blue and one red, both in Bicycle. The blue gimmick is perfect and looks incredible. The red one however is a little more visible which makes it bad for performing with. It would be best to use the red gimmick for either practice with or dissect it so you can create your own one in blue using the materials. The gimmick however is genius and will last forever with due care. I was playing with it right out of the box and still didn't know how it works. Very, very cool.
The DVD is very short and has silent teaching with subtitles. However this wasn't a huge problem because the routine is dead simple to execute. The routine taught is great because you only need to add one card into the deck to perform this miracle. In my opinion, the card doesn't need to be signed by the spectator as the effect is strong enough as it its. However, that is totally an option.
Overall, I am already using this. I am in love with this effect because it is simple, easy to do and so much fun to perform. The visuals are crazy. A little idea I came up with was after moving the ink the second time, instead of transferring the ink to my finger, I take the Sharpie and tap the cross making it vanish and explain the ink goes back into the pen (reminiscent of David Williamson's Striking Vanish). This is a great effect you will not be disappointed with. 9/10
Product information:
http://www.murphysmagic.com/Product.aspx?id=54799